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thanks for the reply, as far as the radian eyepieces go are there any specific ones of those that I should avoid for land viewing? I read a review on the 85 with a guy using 12mm, 8mm, and 5mm radians and said they were impressive. So if the radians are suitable for land and you could pick four of them which ones would you suggest? I was going for the naglers like you said but Iam also able to buy two radians and get two free. So Im a little unsure on weather to go with the radians or naglers.

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Yes, there are others. What you want to avoid are the specific models, such as the Nagler 12mm, Type 4 that have a reputation for kidney bean and blackening out at the edge of the field when used in daylight. These are poor choices for daylight work. Remember, Naglers, were designed from the getgo to be astronomy eyepieces, not daytime eyepieces. Some work, some don't, as daytime eyepieces. Right now I do use a 22 mm Nagler for a lot of my digiscoping and daylight work and love it. It would duplicate, though, what you already have with your 24 mm Panoptic. I have used the Radians for day work, though they tend to be a little fussy about eye placement for day work to suit me. You might try some of the shorter focal length Panoptics, assuming they have enough eye relief to suit you. I have also used the Pentax XWs for day work and highly recommend them all. Great eyepieces, as well.

The Meade, Televue and Vixen zooms will work in your scope. I don't rate them on a par with the fixed power Televue eyepieces, but they aren't bad and will work for most of your daytime needs, though I stay with fixed powers for digiscoping. My first choice, though, in a zoom would probably be the Pentax zoom 70509. It ranks right up there, in my book, with premium spotting scope zoom eyepieces. Unfortunately, it is priced like one, too.

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